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The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

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linakats20's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

I enjoyed getting to know the characters throughout this book and, as per usual, was engrossed by the enemies to lovers trope. I found Olive a bit annoying at times but thought her overthinking was relatable. I also loved the dynamic of her large family, another relatable experience for me! Near the end it felt a bit rushed and I wish there could’ve been more details before jumping into the epilogue. Overall, a fun read/listen.

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alibrarymouse's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

This was so much fun!! I loved Olive and the way her and Ethan reacted and interacted to and with each other. It was campy, lighthearted, and so cute with excellent banter and tension.

I laughed so hard at so much of what Olive said or did, but also was genuinely upset at the turn and the grand gesture was the perfect balance of rom-com disbelief and just overall squealing. And it pretty much features all your favorite tropes in the best way.

There were parts that were a smidge cringe, but this is definitely one to reread and the perfect beach read… even though it takes place in January.

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boba_n_books's review

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A super cute, fun romance. I enjoyed seeing Ethan and Olive come together even if their reason for “hating” one another was simplistic and more of a misunderstanding.

This wasn’t my favorite romance, but it was definitely a fun ride.

Dane is a terrible misogynistic villain, and I despise him.

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kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love an enemies to lovers, especially when there’s a grumpy sunshine element too. These characters are adorable and so is their love story. This book is hilarious. I laughed so loud and long that my husband looked at me like I was nuts. And maybe I am, but still, the book is funny. I loved Love & Other Words and now I love this book, so I’m going to have to check out the rest of the books by this incredibly talented author pair.

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mqleeha's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

the start of the book was perfect and had everything you could ask for, including an enemies to lovers romance.
but i found the ending a bit silly and when

ethan didn’t believe olive about his brother and when she forgave him so easily with the cheesy apology at the end

really screwed my opinion on him.

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laurawars's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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gingerbiscuit's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A cute beach read.

It was a slow start for me, but once I got into it I finished it fairly quickly. The writing is good and the story is relaxing and entertaining which makes for a good holiday read, as long as you can get past the first couple of chapters.

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psliz's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

enjoyed the majority, lost me in the last 90 pages. such a tone shift to create an unnecessary third-act conflict

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leahfoko's review

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was fun and cute, enjoyable enemies to lovers fluff. I don’t have a whole lot of unique stuff to say about it since it was what you would expect from an enemies to lovers romance but I am a sucker for enemies to lovers romance so I don’t have any complaints about that.

I do however have complaints with everything involving Dane. I was high key stressed by everyone gaslighting Olive about Dane. Spoiler territory about how this was resolved that I had issues with.

I will say what brought my rating down so far was that I felt the resolution between Olive and Ethan after the fallout of the literal gaslighting and not believing her about his dude bro brother that he was doing was kind of lackluster and incomplete feeling for me. I felt like he barely apologized for believing she was lying and gaslighting her basically about how she is just so negative and sees the negative in everyone. I was like, are you kidding me? Idk I felt like he said like one line about how he was going to regret not believing her for a long time and she was just like, okay that’s fine then. I felt like I needed more groveling from him or like a more thorough acknowledgment of what he did wrong and I was a little disappointed that we didn’t get that. I just felt like it wrapped up too fast. Also, it was always excused as “well he loves his brother and can’t imagine he’d do anything wrong” and I have two issues with this. One, if my brother was being a lil shit and doing what Dane was doing I would’ve immediately questioned him on it. I wouldn’t have just gone along with it because he’s my brother and I love him. I can sort of understand why he wouldn’t be inclined to believe Olive about the flirting thing at the bar who he hasn’t known as long because he could think she read it wrong but he has been around Dane all this time and should’ve known something was not adding up and called him on it. I don’t feel that brotherly love excuses it. And in that thread and context of the story is my second point. Olive was willing to acknowledge that maybe her sister had known about this and maybe she was wrong. Olive was willing to admit that she might be wrong and give him the benefit of the doubt. And he continued to do the wrong thing. Ethan wasn’t really giving Olive the benefit of the doubt ever. And then it just worked out at the end? I just really felt like he handled that whole thing horribly and the fact that they went back to normal happy trust almost immediately just drove me crazy. This relationship has already hit one of the biggest trust hurdles and they just said well, too bad, the sex is good? I just did not like the way their relationship got fixed way too easily.

I loved Olive and Ami’s family, I found them all so wonderful and appreciated the latina main characters. I enjoyed the show down™️ at Ami’s house near the end. I love fake marriage tropes. I love enemies to lovers tropes. I enjoyed all this stuff. So overall I enjoyed the book. But that stuff with Ethan fully not believing Olive about his brother was just not it for me. 3 stars.

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ekatayama's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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